will: did for everyone but you. ainsley: great to be at work. pete: tomorrow is april 18th. it is just finishing their taxes. ainsley: so is everyone else. so stressful. pete: bank statement. ainsley: are yours in? have you completed yours? pete: yes, i need an extension. will: i need extension. it is in my inbox. i need do digital signatures. pete: how about you? ainsley: all mine are finished. done. which is a good feeling. all right, it is 6:01 on the east coast. the house judiciary committee is in new york city this morning to hold a field hearing on violent crime. will: crime victims will testify about the direct impact alvin bragg s policies have had on their lives. alexandria hoff joins us in washington with more. d.a. bragg is calling this is a political stunt which is a term we have heard republicans describe his prosecution of former president trump. spent thousands ton that while declining to prosecute 1200 felony cases last year up from 828
that should motivate you. will you sue him for us? we re going to sue him. we re going to be a real pain in the [bleep]. president trump cannot avoid justice in the great state of new york. since i ve been in office the past two years, my office has either led or joined to 68 lawsuits against this administration. martha: okay. you get the idea. after three years of investigating real estate properties on their books, a high profile announcement that she s suing all of the working trump family mens. andy mccarthy is here on developments this hour. but first, this huge story as well today. a cornered vladimir putin drafting up to 300,000 reservists, recruiting at russia s prisons as well to battle back ukraine. while warning america and its allies that he s not bluffing when it comes to his nuclear and war capabilities. a short while ago, president biden was at the u.n. calling for a unified push back to russian aggression, also calling out china for transparency over t
this is your well red world. a lot of major averages down on the prospect that we re looking at higher rates down the road. we got our third 3/4 hike in a row with signs that year s end, rates could be a point to a point 1/4 higher than they are right now. we re north of 4%. some wondering if that is enough to deal with inflation that is double that. let s get the read on what happens today and why. jackie deangelis. jackie? good afternoon. this is the fed s fifth rate increase this year. it s the fourth increase in a row. as you pointed out, the third time the market is seeing 3/4 percentage point. the market was trading higher most of the session before the decision indicating they were expecting a 75 basis point hike rather than the full point percentage point that a small group of market watchers thought was possible. then when the news broke about the hike, the fed hikes rates trying to tame persistently high inflation, the economy will slow. consumers and corporations
the january 6th investigation later this hour. but we start tonight with a major political battle taking place across the country. as of today, we are just six weeks out from this year s midterms. despite economic and historical trends that could she should favor public, and this election is shaping up to be closer than anyone expected. thanks in large part to republican extremism and states across the country. from the supreme court s decision to overturn roe v. wade and subsequent state abortion bans, to election denialism, to a cruel political stunt using s a silent seekers, to book bans and censorship in the classrooms, republicans are executing on a radical agenda. those efforts are being led by red state governors. governors like texas greg abbott in florida is ron desantis. men who are pushing this extremism while they raise their own political profiles and jockey to inherit trump s mantles as leaders in the next generation of republican presidential hopefuls. on the
stunning admission? did we know? no. people lost their job and live livelihood. high to right. and to the wall. it s out of here, yankee dugout loving it. ainsley: fox news alert, five police officers shot in two separate incidentss in illinois and pennsylvania. brian: three males in custody after three swat officers were hit by gunfire while serving hom homicide arrest warrant. two police officers and one suspect in illinois shot during a traffic stop early this wednesday morning, rushed to the hospital and the investigation is ongoing. we ll have a live report from philadelphia in just a couple minutes. brian: no typical traffic stop, no typical warrant being served, nothing to say this is any other day, especially in philadelphia. i remember before the last election, philadelphia had recruiters there because no one wants to wear the uniform. ainsley: this is something we re seeing far too often in our communities, reporting on it too much, this needs to